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Webster 1913 Edition
Exhilarate
Ex-hil′a-rate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Exhilarated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Exilarating
.] [L.
exhilaratus
, p. p. of exhilarare
to gladden; ex
out + hilarare
to make merry, hilaris
merry, cheerful. See Hilarious
.] To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer;
as, good news
exhilarates
the mind; wine exhilarates
a man.Ex-hil′a-rate
,Verb.
I.
To become joyous.
[R.]
Bacon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Exhilarate
EXHIL'ARATE
,Verb.
T.
To make cheerful or merry; to enliven; to make glad or joyous; to gladden; to cheer. Good news exhilarates the mind, as good wine exhilarates the animal spirits.
EXHIL'ARATE
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
exhilarate
exhilarate
English
Verb
exhilarate (third-person singular simple present exhilarates, present participle exhilarating, simple past and past participle exhilarated)
- (archaic) To make happy, cheer up; to gladden.
- Good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates the drinker.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.2.4:
- Many such tricks are ordinarily put in practice by great men, to exhilarate themselves and others, all which are harmless jests, and have their good uses.
- To thrill refreshingly.
- To bring new life to.
Related terms
Translations
to make happy, cheer up; to gladden
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to thrill refreshingly
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External links
- exhilarate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- exhilarate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911